SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Interstat) — Martín Pérez threw six scoreless innings Tuesday and the Braves topped the Mets 4-0 at Truist Park. Pérez allowed four hits and struck out two to improve to 8-6 as Atlanta moved to 72-48. Nolan McLean (8-7) took the loss for New York despite allowing one run on one hit and striking out three in six innings. The Mets fell to 53-68.

Atlanta scored first in the fifth inning when Ozzie Albies homered. The Braves added a run in the seventh on Mauricio Dubón’s sacrifice fly, scoring Matt Olson. Olson then delivered a two-run homer in the eighth that brought home Drake Baldwin and made it 4-0. New York had four hits and grounded into two double plays; Atlanta had three hits. Dylan Lee, Raisel Iglesias and Didier Fuentes each pitched a scoreless inning with a strikeout for Atlanta. Matt Olson finished 1 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs, and Ozzie Albies went 1 for 3 with a homer. Chayce McDermott allowed two earned runs in 1 1/3 innings, and Jefry Yan gave up one earned run in 2/3 of an inning. Attendance was 24,711, and the game lasted 2:09.